The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-14
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
OASH.:$ HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.

Last ..~a.I'~ Occurrences in City and
County Narrated in Condensed
Paragraphs.
The Graded School took holiday Mon
day.
Mr.. r. l.. crawford has gone on trip
to Europe.
Spring fever is prevalent. Fishing
will soon be the go.
1t is now positively settled that the
body of the fruit crop is safe.
DR.. Johnston left Tuesday morning for
New Berne to attend Presbytery.
- Dr. Burkhead preached two forcible
sermons Sunday morning and night.
1t is reported that Mr.. p. III. Winston
intends to return to Winston and make his
home here in future.
- Miss Lizzie Sullivan, of Wakertown,
has been in the city the past week spending
Easter with Miss Mary Gorrell.
The County Superintendent will at
tend at the Court House in Winston on the
14th 18th and 10th inst in order to exam
inc public school teachers.
- Mr.. E. Leoper, a former citizen of
Winston, has returned to this place from
Martinsville Va, where he has been, and
will open shoe store here.
Mr.. S. B. Ziglar and family of this city,
left here on Tuesday morning last for
Douglas, Rockingham county, N. c., to make
that place their future home.
= Messrs J. Hoffiin & Co., have made
arrangements with their creditors and have
re-opened their store in the Gray Block.
We understand they will close out at cost
Miss Sallie Jones, an accomplished
young lady, of High Point, and who gradu-
ated at the Academy last year, is spending a
few days in Salem, the guest of her cousin,
Miss Annie Jones.
= The Greenville Reflector referring to
Miss Mary Williams recent visit to to that
place says, 'She spent some time in Green
vile, visiting Miss Helen Moore and made
hosts OF friends while here"
Mr.. G. W. Ogburn, who has been here
several weeks representing the Home Ii
brary Association left with his little daugh-
ter Ella, Sunday night for his home in
Greensboro. He VIII return in day or
two.
- On the occasion of Memorial Day on
the 10th of last May a motion was unanim-
ously carried to have another celebration
this year. 1t is as little as we can do to
honor the memories of our Confederate dead
What about it
A travelling correspondent of the
Lynchburg VTginiGae says, through the col
umns of that paper: "Bristol is still BOOM
ing. Last week Mrs Z. &. King sold 100
acres of land adjoining the corporate limits
of Bristol, to Mr.. Reynolds, of Winston, n.
c., for So $50"
~ We were glad to meet our sunshiny
friend, Mr.. w. NJ. Hester here Sunday,
who paid Winston flying visit, remaining
Sunday and Monday. He is now "com-
merciaI tourist for Baltimore shoe house
and seems to be faring well in the role of
the "jolly drummer"
= Messrs. w. L. Franklin & Co., have
new advertisement in this issue giving you
some facts and figures which it will be to
your interest to consider. Read what they
haveto say ard try them. Their stock Of
fers azyshing useful that can be desired
and their figures will surprise yon.
- Durham is feeling the need of fire
alarm system and is discussing the matter
by all means to have. When fires break
out in the night none who live in the sub
urbs of the city ever find it out, for the
reason there is no way to rouse them.
Read the new advertisement of Messrs.
Fuller & Durham. They have just receiv-
ed their mammoth and varied spring stock
and ere ready to supply any thing in their
line that can be called for. The proprietors
and statesmen are of the most clever and
courteous Of our business men and will be
pleased to see old friends and new ones.
In stating last week that the engine of
I the Greensboro Fire Company was incom-
plete in equipment, we did not meant that
it was defective in any respect The engine
is complete and works frst-class. The trou-
BILE is, it was not built to work connected to
'hydrants" or water work plugs, but to raise
and furnish itself with water from cisterns.
This can be remedied by using an attach
ment called "reducer," which the Com
pany expects soon to have We make this
explanation at their request.
The Republicans insinuation about our
sFaber getting ahead of our brains is very
: funny, when read in connection with what fol-
lows, where he goes on to say eve deem it
but just aud proper to note worthy citizens,
who by death or unusual activity, have
reached an age far beyond the allotted time
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